The Emergence of the idea of a new world
The collective discoveries of Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John and Sebastian Cabot, and Giovanni da Verrazzano constitute a distinct Italian Era of Discovery which laid the groundwork for all other voyages which followed. The Italian discoverers deserve a place alongside the well-known Humanists in the history of the Renaissance.

A humorous story based on the history of Newfoundland and Labrador. In his quest to free a Beothuk girl transformed into a crow by the Old Hag, Gavin meets the illegitimate great-great grandson of Leif Ericson, an extinct race of people, various gods, two abandoned cabin boys, and more.